Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
DARPA is exploring options for installing tactical high-energy laser systems on Collaborative Combat Aircraft and ground vehicles for self-defense.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Boeing and the U.S. Air Force have completed the first phase of flight testing a major upgrade to the KC-46’s remote vision system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Final assembly of Airbus’ Super Puma in Romania looks set to be revived.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
Taiwan Validates GPS-Denied Drone Navigation System
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By Tony Osborne
The Finnish Air Force is set to finalize a decision on a replacement for its long-serving multimission Gates Learjets this month.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The Bashi pilot vehicle interface is at the heart of the U.S. Air Force’s goal to introduce collaborative combat aircraft in operational service by the end of the decade.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
A German developer of a military rotary-wing uncrewed aircraft system has completed two first flights in just three days.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Three UK Royal Navy personnel were killed June 3 in the nighttime crash of a Leonardo AW101 Merlin troop transport helicopter in southwestern England.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Sweden is exploring the potential acquisition of two-seat Gripen Fs the country’s defense minister has suggested.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The U.S. government has approved a possible foreign military sale to Vietnam covering sustainment support for the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Saab has rolled out the first of eight two-seat F-39F Gripen fighters ordered by the Brazilian air force at the company’s original final assembly line.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Electric propulsion developer Whisper Aero says testing of its JetFoil upper surface blowing tech has confirmed the capability for near-vertical takeoffs and landings without the complexity and noise of exposed propellers.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
A European Defense Fund (EDF)-supported anti-submarine warfare project is to make use of Schiebel’s new S-300 rotary-wing uncrewed aircraft system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Turkish Air Force’s new Hava-SOJ standoff jammer conversion of the Bombardier Global 6000 business jet has finally broken cover.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Taiwan’s Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) has validated a jointly developed drone visual navigation and positioning system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Switzerland says a multi-year effort to keep its aging fleet of Boeing F/A-18C/Ds operational a little longer is on track to bridge to the arrival of the Lockheed Martin F-35.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Draco Aircraft is looking to secure a third investor that should give it sufficient capital to launch a development and certification program of its Wilga PZL-104-based platform.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
New procurement plans for executive airlift and support bring opportunities for special mission providers.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris
Boeing says the F-47 program is “off to a good start.”
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
AeroDelft, a student-run foundation at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, has begun taxi tests of a gaseous hydrogen-fueled light aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
A Russian one-way attack drone hit a residential building in Romania, injuring two people.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Danish defense company Terma says it is adding shifts and production capacity as it enjoys a boom in order intake and forecasts 20% to 25% sales growth.
Supply Chain

By Chen Chuanren
Boeing says it has wrapped up MQ-28 Ghost Bat CCA testing at the Point Mugu Sea Range over the Pacific Ocean.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Teaser: A USAF official argues that China has learned the wrong lessons from U.S. successes and failures in applying stealth technology over the last three decades.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion